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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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