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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not 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 a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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