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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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