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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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