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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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