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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually free 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 quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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