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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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