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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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