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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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