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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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