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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Montenegro to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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