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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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