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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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