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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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