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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly 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. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education