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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massively open online courses are generally 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 quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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