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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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