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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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