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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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