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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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