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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are typically free 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 many subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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