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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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