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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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