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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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