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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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