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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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