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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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