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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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