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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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