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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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