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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are 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. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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