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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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