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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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