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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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