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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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