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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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