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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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