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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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