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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key 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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