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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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