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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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