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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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