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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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