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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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