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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines 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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