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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers 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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