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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand these open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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