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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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