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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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