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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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