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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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