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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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