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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better perceive these open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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