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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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