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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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