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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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