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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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