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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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