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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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