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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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