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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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