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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning enable students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners 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 many topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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