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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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