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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business 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 participants handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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