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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology enable students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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