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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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