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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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