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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Montenegro to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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