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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always 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 variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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