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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. People want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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