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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Armenia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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