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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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