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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates 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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