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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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