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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are empowering students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand these new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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