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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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