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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major 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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