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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily 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. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources