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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other participants need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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