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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning enable humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better grasp these new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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