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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand 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 subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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