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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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