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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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