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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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