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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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