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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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