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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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