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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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