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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open educational experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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