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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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