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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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