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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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