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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Armenia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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