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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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