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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand these new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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