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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. 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 open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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