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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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