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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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