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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently 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. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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