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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have enabled learners all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines 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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