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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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