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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes 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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