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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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