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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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