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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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