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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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