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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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