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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free 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. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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