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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning enable students all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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