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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important 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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