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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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