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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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