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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these open educational ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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