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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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