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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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