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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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