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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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