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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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