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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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