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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Armenia to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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