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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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