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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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