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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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