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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take courses 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. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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