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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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