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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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