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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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