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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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