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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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