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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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