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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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