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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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