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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in elearning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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