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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to understand these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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