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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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