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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 many topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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