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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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