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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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