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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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