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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning have enabled learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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