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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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