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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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