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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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