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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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