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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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