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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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