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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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