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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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