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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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