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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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