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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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