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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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