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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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