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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. People want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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