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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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