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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Armenia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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