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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to understand these significant new open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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