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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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