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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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