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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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