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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses 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 several issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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