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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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