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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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