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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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