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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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