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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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