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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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