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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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