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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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