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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bulgaria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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