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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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