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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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