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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information 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 issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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