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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are typically 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 describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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