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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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