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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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