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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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