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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning have empowered humans all around the world to take courses 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 online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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