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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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