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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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