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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly 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 topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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