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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also examines the major 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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