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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers 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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