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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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