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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have empowered students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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