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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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