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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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