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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants need to better understand these open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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