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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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