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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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