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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are 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. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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