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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the key 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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