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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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