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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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