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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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