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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not 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 several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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