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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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