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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC classes are customarily free 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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