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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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