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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Abkhazia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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