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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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