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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Armenia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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