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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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