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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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