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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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