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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free 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 quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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