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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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