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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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