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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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