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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free 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 institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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