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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Armenia to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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