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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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