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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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