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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students 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 numerous topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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