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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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