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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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