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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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