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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly 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. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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