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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free 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. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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