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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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