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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently 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 a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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