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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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