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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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