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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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