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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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