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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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