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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp these significant new open educational ventures. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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