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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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