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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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