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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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