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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students 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 quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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