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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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