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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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