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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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