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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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