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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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