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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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