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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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