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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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