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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with 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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