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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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