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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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