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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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