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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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