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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers 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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