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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering learners all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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