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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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