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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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