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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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