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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently 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 elearning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better comprehend these open education ventures. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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