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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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