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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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