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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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