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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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