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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in digital education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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