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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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