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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students 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 numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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