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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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