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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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