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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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