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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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