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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches 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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