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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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