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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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