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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What 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 we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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