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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in elearning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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