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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are mostly 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. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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