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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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