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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Abkhazia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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