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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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