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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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