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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are typically 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. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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