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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving 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 education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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