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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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