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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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