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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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