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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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