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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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