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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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