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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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