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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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