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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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