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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online education have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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