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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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