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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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