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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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