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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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