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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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