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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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