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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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