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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOC courses? How can educators manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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