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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses 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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