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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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