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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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