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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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