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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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