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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning have enabled students all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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