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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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