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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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