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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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