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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always 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 many issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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