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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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