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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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