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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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