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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important 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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