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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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