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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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