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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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