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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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