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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to 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 issues. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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