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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Armenia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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