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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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