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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning enable learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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