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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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