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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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