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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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