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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors 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 teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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