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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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