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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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