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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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