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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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