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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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