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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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