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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better understand these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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