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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to massive open online courses (MOOC) and open educational resources (OER). MOOC courses and similar experiments with open education resources are allowing millions of self-directed online learners in all parts of the world to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other kinds of online communities. It can be difficult to engage and inspire thousands of learners in online environments. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOC classes. This online MOOCs book addresses the best practices in online learning technology based on decades of research. What different business models are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct massive open online courses? This massive open online courses book also articulates methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.

Recent developments in digital education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Academics and quite a few other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational resources endeavours. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about these massively open online courses and other kinds of open education resources persist. This exciting new MOOC courses book discusses sensible strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. For more information go to this MOOCs Book website.