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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major 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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