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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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