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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Armenia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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