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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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