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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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