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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners 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 many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. People want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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