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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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