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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning are empowering learners all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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