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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are customarily 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 many subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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