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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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