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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC 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 numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better grasp these new open educational ventures. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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