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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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