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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants need to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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