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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not 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 distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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