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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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