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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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