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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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