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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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