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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education undertakings. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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