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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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