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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Armenia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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