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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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