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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online 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 lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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