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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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