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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are 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. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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