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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Montenegro to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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