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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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