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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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