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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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