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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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