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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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