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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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