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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students 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 a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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