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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic education technology enable learners all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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