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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses 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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