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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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