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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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