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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. 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 MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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