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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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