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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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