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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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