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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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