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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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