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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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