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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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