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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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