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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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