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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the key 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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