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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic education technology have enabled students all around the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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