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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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