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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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