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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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