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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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