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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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