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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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