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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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