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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not 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 a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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