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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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