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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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