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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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