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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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