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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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