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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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