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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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