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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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