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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly 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 quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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