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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational ventures. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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