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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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