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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What 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 educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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