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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are generally free for students 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to understand these important new open educational initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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