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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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