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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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