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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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