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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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