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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently 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. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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