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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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