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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners 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. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the 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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