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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand these open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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