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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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