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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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