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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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