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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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