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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open education initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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