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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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