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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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