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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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