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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners 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. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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