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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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