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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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