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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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