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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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