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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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