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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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