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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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