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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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