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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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