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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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