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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology enable learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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