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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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