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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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