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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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