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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also articulates 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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