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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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