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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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