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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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