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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are empowering students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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