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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free 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 also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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