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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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