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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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