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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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