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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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