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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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