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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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