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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 numerous subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better comprehend these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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