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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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