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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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