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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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