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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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