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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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