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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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