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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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