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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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