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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing 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 teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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