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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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