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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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