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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning are empowering students all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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