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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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