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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines 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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