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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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