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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the 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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