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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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