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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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