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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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