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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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