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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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