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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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