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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education