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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take courses online. 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 many subjects that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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