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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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