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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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