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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily 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. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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