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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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