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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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