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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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