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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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