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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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