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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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