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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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