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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Students want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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