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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning technology enable students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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