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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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