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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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