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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always 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 issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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