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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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