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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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