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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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