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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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