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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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