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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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