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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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