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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently 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 a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving 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 control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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