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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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