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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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