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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning enable students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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