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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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