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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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