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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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