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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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