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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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