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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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