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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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