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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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