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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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