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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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