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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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