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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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