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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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