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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the 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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