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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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