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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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