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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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