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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free 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 quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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