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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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