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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different 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 participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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