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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally 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. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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