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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always 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 blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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