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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning are enabling humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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